Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Makes the Case for Open Source | On With Kara Swisher

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🗓️ 21 December 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We're bringing you a special episode of On With Kara Swisher! Kara sits down for a live interview with Meta's Yann LeCun, an “early AI prophet” and the brains behind the largest open-source large language model in the world. The two discuss the potential dangers that come with open-source models, the massive amounts of money pouring into AI research, and the pros and cons of AI regulation. They also dive into LeCun’s surprisingly spicy social media feeds — unlike a lot of tech employees who toe the HR line, LeCun isn’t afraid to say what he thinks of Elon Musk or President-elect Donald Trump. This interview was recorded live at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC as part of their Discovery Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week I interviewed Jan Lacoon in the second of four live episodes of On with Carous
0:06.1	Swisher. I'll be recording at the new Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg Center in D.C. In each episode
0:12.2	through 2025, I'll be hosting timely discussions on AI, policy, copyright, and intellectual property,
0:18.2	and more. Listen to my conversation with Yon Lacoon in this week's
0:21.6	episode and stay tuned for more live discussions to come from our partnership with the Johns Hopkins
0:26.3	University Bloomberg Center.
0:33.9	Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine in the Box Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher.
0:38.8	And I'm Scott Galloway.
0:40.2	We have an special extra episode for you today. I sat down with META's chief scientist Jan Lacoon at Johns Hopkins University.
0:48.7	So fancy. Listen to you.
0:51.0	I'm fancy. I'm fancy.
0:52.6	John's Hopkins.
0:53.6	Yeah, Jan. Yon., Jan is a really interesting character.
0:56.1	We hope you enjoy.
1:13.5	This is on with Kara Swisher,
1:18.9	and I'm Kara Swisher. Today, we've got a special episode for you, my conversation with Jan Lacoon,
1:24.5	chief AI scientists at Meta. This was recorded live as part of a series of interviews on the future of AI I'm conducting in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins
1:27.8	University Bloomberg Center. And Yan is really the perfect person for this. He's known as one of
1:33.3	the godfathers of AI. Some even call him an early AI profit. He's been pushing the idea that
1:39.5	computers could develop skills using artificial neural networks since the 1980s, and that's the basis for
1:45.8	many of today's most powerful AI systems. Jan joined what was then known as Facebook as director
1:51.5	of AI research in 2013, and he currently oversees one of the best-funded AI research
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